So, I've been playing the route for about 2 hours now, and well, do I have a bit to say about this route. First off, I would like to say that I love the way the Class 395 feels when operating through Ebbsfleet to HS1. There's something about it that just feels kinda relaxing. Now, for my issues with the route and rolling stock: The Class 395 is way too quiet. I know it's been stated before that the cab is rather quiet in Real Life, and that you can't hear the Traction Motors, but no Train Cab is completely silent. I can understand not being able to hear the Traction Motors, but not being able to Hear the Track/Running Noise? Come on, DTG... Other than the sounds, I think it was modeled very well, props to the design team. The Class 375 is where the bulk of my issues are. The sounds on the Class 375 are the same sounds from the Class 377. All they did was copy and paste. It's extremely disappointing to see that even the bugged AWS sound from the 377 has been transferred over. Also, again with the no Running Sounds/Track Noise. Where is it??? Track Noise is one of the main things you hear on railways, so why aren't we able to hear it in this DLC? Sound is one of, if not the most important aspect of a Train Simulator. It's the main thing that sells the immersion of being on a train. Yet TSW still gets this wrong. Even with its newest releases. I do appreciate the remodeling of the cab of the Class 375 though. Everything looks more Realistic and weathered, instead of the flat-looking textures on the Class 377. I can't get past the fact that the LED Sign on the front of the train is still displaying the wrong font size. What's going on with that? It was mentioned way back when ECW released that the font size on the PIS is way too big, yet you still carry over that mistake to the newer rolling stock. Also, the PIS on the side of the train still doesn't display the stops the train calls at. You'd think that the 375 would have at least some upgrades from the Class 377. It's absolutely wild to see the such small amount of work and effort that has been put into the Sounds on this route. As said before, Sounds are the main thing that sells the immersion of being on a train in a simulator. And on this route, with the lack of track/running noise, and the reused Class 377 sounds, that immersion is broken. With some fixes to the sound, I would definitely call this route, one of the best routes to be released for TSW, right next to HMA, but right now, I don't like the state of it. I also, have some gripes about how you can't use the Class 377 on this route, and that the other subclasses of the 375 aren't available, but those aren't as major as the sound issues.
